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If you were given the first smartphone created, you’d laugh at it as a joke and maybe smash it on the wall depending on your mood. Based on the evolution of smartphones in design and functionality, the first smartphone seems like a blast from the past or something used in our favourite sci-fi movie or novel when compared with what we used today. Today, we will take a journey to the past to know the evolution of smartphones and what the first smartphone was.

Football or Soccer is a global phenomenon; a uniting force and language for all races, gender, socio-economic and socio-cultural classes, religious inclinations, and age ranges. It is a well understood language, spoken without words but sheer demonstration of athleticism, creativity, brilliance, intelligence, bravery, perseverance. A sport characterized with a mixture of euphoric sensations; sweat, blood, joy and tears. It crosses boundaries, cities, countries and whole continents.

It is La Bénoué in French, but to the anglophones, it is ‘The Benue’ or the River Benue or Benue River. The water body is the major tributary of the Niger River and runs approximately 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) long. It is also almost entirely navigable during the summer months. As a result, it is an important transportation route in the regions through which it flows. But did you know that this all-important water body in Nigeria was previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda?

The Apple I is sometimes credited as the first personal computer to be sold in fully assembled form; however, some argue that the honour rightfully belongs to other machines, such as the MOS Technology KIM-1, Datapoint 2200, or more commonly the Altair 8800 (which could be bought in kit or assembled form at extra cost). One major difference sets the Apple I apart — it was the first personal computer to use a keyboard.

Both movies generated over 2 billion US dollars in 2016 and 2017, making them two of the most successful movies in Nigerian cinema so far. The Wedding Party 2, surprisingly, single-handedly carries the title of the highest grossing Nigerian film of all time.

But until recently, its rice fields have played second fiddle to those of a country situated some way to the northeast of it. Egypt has sat pretty at the summit of Africa’s rice production ladder, churning out 4.3 million tonnes of the commodity annually.

The FIFA U17 World Cup has produced many football stars both active and retired. The likes of Nwankwo Kanu, Wilson Oruma, Mikel Obi and foreign stars like Toni Kroos and Cesc Fabregas are all products of the tournament.

For the majority of its urban-dwelling citizens, these vehicles are the most affordable means of getting between locations. They continue to be patronized by locales, whether they are well maintained Hiace buses or four-wheeled rickety shells. The understanding among the populace is that these vehicles are not designed to be comfortable, but to move humans and things.

Popularly referred to as “The Bull”, Amokachi scored the first goal of the UEFA Champions League while playing for Belgian side, Club Brugge, in 1992, after the competition was renamed from the European Champions Club’s Cup.

The first insurer in Nigeria was established in 1918 by colonial British trading interests. It was a branch of the Royal Exchange Assurance Agency which was first represented on Nigerian soil by Barclays Bank, before becoming a full branch of its London-based parent company in 1921.